ravel.of.OfManager Class Reference

Manange communication with an OpenFlow controller. More...

Inherits object.

Public Member Functions
def	registerReceiver
	Add a new message receiver. More...
def	stop
	Stop the manager (and stop receiving messages from the database)
def	isRunning
	returns: true if the manager is running
def	sendBarrier
	Send a barrier to the underlying controller implementation. More...
def	sendFlowmod
	Send a flow modification to the underlying controller implementation. More...
def	requestStats
	Send the switches a port stats request.

Detailed Description

Manange communication with an OpenFlow controller.

The manager receives flow modification messages from the database triggers on changes to database tables. The underlying controller implementation serves as a proxy for sending the switches messages and receiving link status updates from the network

Member Function Documentation

def ravel.of.OfManager.registerReceiver	(		self,
			receiver
	)

Add a new message receiver.

Parameters

receiver

a ravel.messaging.MessageReceiver instance

def ravel.of.OfManager.sendBarrier	(		self,
			dpid
	)

Send a barrier to the underlying controller implementation.

Parameters

dpid	the datapath ID of the switch to receive the message

def ravel.of.OfManager.sendFlowmod	(		self,
			msg
	)

Send a flow modification to the underlying controller implementation.

Parameters

msg	a ravel.flow.OfMessage instance

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The documentation for this class was generated from the following file:

• ravel/of.py